The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is embarking on a nineteen-month project to rehabilitate two bridges in the University Avenue and Grey's Ferry Avenue section of I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway), just south of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. This project is expected to create delays both east-bound and west-bound on I-76, approaching and through the construction area.
While lane closures are only scheduled
for overnight hours and weekends, work
will continue during the day Monday through
Friday with two available travel lanes
in each direction. These
lanes will be realigned and reduced in
width, creating traffic delays in and around
the construction area.
Please allow extra travel time if your
route requires traveling near or through
this area. PennDOT will be working with
the media to
keep the public informed of any traffic
congestion created by this project. Patients
and visitors coming from New Jersey to
the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
or Penn Presbyterian Medical Center should
consider using the Betsy Ross or Ben Franklin
Bridges as an alternative to the Walt Whitman
or Commodore Barry Bridges.
For further information, please visit Penn's
South Street Bridge information site to
learn about detours, current updates, and
more. Additionally, please use the following
resources or call 800-789-PENN (7366):
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania:
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Pennsylvania Hospital
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